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Future Positive:
How Companies Can Tap Into Employee Optimism to Navigate Tomorrow’s Workplace

By: By: Joseph B. FullerJoseph B. Fuller, , Judith WallensteinJudith Wallenstein, , Manjari RamanManjari Raman & & Alice de ChalendarAlice de Chalendar

 
Companies face significant uncertainty due to many forces of change as they attempt to prepare the workforce of the future.
To navigate the headwinds, employers must be more discerning in their strategic choices. As they fight the turbulence, they need to tap into an unexpected ally: their middle-skills workers who are eager to embrace change and prepare for the future.
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Your Workforce Is More Adaptable Than You Think

Joseph B. Fuller, Judith K. Wallenstein, Manjari Raman & Alice de Chalendar
Joseph B. Fuller, Judith K. Wallenstein, Manjari Raman & Alice de Chalendar
  • MAY-JUN 2019
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  • Harvard Business Review
Many managers have little faith in their employees’ ability to survive the twists and turns of a rapidly evolving economy. “The majority of people in disappearing jobs do not realize what is coming,” the head of strategy at a top German bank recently told us. “My call center workers are neither able nor willing to change.”
Many managers have little faith in their employees’ ability to survive the twists and turns of a rapidly evolving economy. “The majority of people in disappearing jobs do not realize what is coming,” the head of strategy at a top German bank recently told us. “My call center workers are neither able nor willing to change.”

Media Coverage

Americans feel a burden to future-proof their jobs, while the French are relying on government: Not that employers are off the hook

Lila MacLellan
  • 31 May 2019
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  • Quartz

Finding your next job: Out with CVs, in with memes

Andrew Hill
  • 26 May 2019
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  • Financial Times

Global Workers Are Ready for Retraining

Developing Employees
  • 07 May 2019
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  • Harvard Business Review

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Manjari Raman
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Email: mraman+hbs.edu
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